Dr. Anna Mccormick

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Anna McCormick is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago's Comer Children’s Hospital. She is a pediatric critical care specialist dedicated to providing expert care to critically ill infants and children, particularly in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Pediatric Sedation Service. Dr. McCormick's academic and clinical work focuses on utilizing simulation to advance pediatric critical care. She is deeply committed to improving patient outcomes through innovative, simulation-based education and training. Dr. McCormick designs and facilitates high-impact simulations that help trainees and interprofessional teams develop essential technical skills, clinical knowledge, and communication strategies needed for high-acuity environments. As a passionate educator, she strives to cultivate a culture of inquiry, psychological safety, and constructive feedback, integrating simulation debriefing to promote resilience and effective collaboration. Her scholarly work emphasizes leveraging simulation to drive quality improvement, patient safety, and clinical excellence, with current research interests in developing validated assessment tools for clinical competency, particularly in airway and respiratory emergency preparedness. Dr. McCormick collaborates with various disciplines to embed simulation into institutional practices, aiming to build a resilient and high-performing healthcare workforce.

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Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:104
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
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Department of Philosophy